Add charm to your outdoor space with this gorgeous succulent hanging that's shaped in a heart. Prep succulents a day before you start this project—the succulent cuttings need to develop scabs where the stem is cut. To prepare, simply remove succulent plants from their pots and wipe away any excess dirt. Clip succulents, leaving a stem to insert into the form.

What You Need

Poster board

Marker or pencil

Ruler

Scissors

Foam core sheet

Cutting mat

Crafts knife

Hot-glue gun and glue sticks

Cardboard

Cooking spray

Screwdriver

Craft chicken wire

Floral wire

Tub

Dust mask, gloves, goggles

Measuring cups

Fast-drying concrete

Plastic anchors

Rubber mallet

Wet floral foam

Sphagnum moss

Succulents

Floral pins

Step 1: Trace Hearts

To make heart form, fold poster board in half and draw half a heart on the seam. Cut once you're happy with size and shape, measure 1 1/2 inches the outside of that heart and draw a second one. Cut out.

Step 2: Add Cardboard

Cut cardboard strip long enough to wrap around the outside of your foam heart. Cut a second piece to wrap around the inner heart. Secure both to outsides of heart edges with low-temp hot glue. Prime cardboard form with oil.

Step 3: Secure Chicken Wire

Poke holes through inner heart foam board. Cut a piece of chicken wire to lay on top of the heart and run floral wire through the back and up through holes to keep chicken wire in place. Trim wire around the inner heart shape, but leave enough to tuck into the form.

Step 4: Make Concrete

Prepare a surface for mixing concrete. Put on a dusk mask, gloves, and goggles if outside or in a windy setting. Slowly add water to six cups of fast-drying concrete, mixing with your hands until a cottage cheese consistency has formed.

Fill outer heart shape with concrete. Fill to the top of the form and be sure to completely cover the chicken wire. Insert plastic anchors on opposite sides of the heart. Let dry 24 hours.

Step 5: Add Plants

After concrete is completely dry, tap the form genty with a rubber mallet and peel away cardboard. Fill inner heart with dampened floral foam and cover with damp sphagnum moss. Secure with floral pins. Use a screwdriver to make holes; add succulents to your heart. Be sure to leave room for plant growth.